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“La Mala Hora” by Alex Segura
3/5

Although scary and sad (and more latin representation is always welcomed) it was quite simple.

“Wrong F*cking Place, Wrong F*cking Time” by C. Robert Cargill
5/5
So much fun between the sweetness of human connection, the horror/pop culture references and the actual slasher-like ending.

“Prey Instinct” by Hailey Piper
3/5
Although more poetic than the previous ones and certainly creepy, not my favorite story.

“The Hope Boat” by Gabino Iglesias
5/5

Not only is this set in Puerto Rico (!), but the rawness in the narrative voice was striking.
As if building on top of the trauma explored in the previous story, this one skips “the details” for a shorter story that delivers a sorrowful ending.

“Sandra cried and prayed and held her mother's rosary against her daughter's bloated face, but God was tending to the apocalypse and her prayers went unanswered.”
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“Nothing reveals the uselessness of words quite like the presence of Death, riding its black horse silently down your street with its scythe at the ready.”

“…he tapped out, preferring his modest library of movies to the real-time doom of humankind.”

“In a Pig’s Eye” by Joe R. Lansdale
3/5

‘“The dogs all died,” she said. “The people died. Damn cats lived on…”’

"Lockdown" by Bev Vincent
4/5
Although quite short, the particular setting and the abrupt ending made this quite a bleak one.